as the ambassador mentioned, we're here in texas. this is an especially relevant topic to texas. it's relevant, we're finding, to america nationwide but especially so here in the lone star state. and it's an interesting comparison. so our project here is the 4% growth project. we're trying to get u.s. gdp about double the rate that it is now. in recent times we've been growing at about 2-2.5% a year. we think that's too slow, and we know we can do better. one way is because in the past we've grown a lot faster. we've grown at least 4% about a third of the years over the past 60 years. we also know that 4% growth is possible because in states like it's where we are today, they grow at 4% or even more. texas grew, i believe, at 4.8% in the last calendar year, that's the latest data. if you compare that to the u.s. growth which i said, again, is between 2-2.5%, so we know we can do better, and we know there are lessons out will in america that can show us how we can do better. we're here today to talk about immigration as well in addition to growth. and as the ambassador said, we kn